The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

  • 2hr 6m
  • 98

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  • Trailer for this gold rush adventure film

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Huston

Producer:

Henry Blanke, Jack L. Warner

Writer:

John Huston, B. Traven

Release Date:

Jan 24, 1948

Runtime:

2hr 6m

Synopsis

Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Cast

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Walter Huston
  • Tim Holt
  • Bruce Bennett
  • Barton MacLane
  • Alfonso Bedoya
  • Arturo Soto Rangel
  • Manuel Dondé
  • José Torvay
  • Margarito Luna

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • The little boy who sells Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) the portion of the winning lottery ticket is Robert Blake (of "Our Gang" and Baretta (1975) fame).
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Goofs

  • When Howard and Curtin pursue Dobbs, they pass a "dead" donkey left by Dobbs. The donkey is breathing and the ropes used to tie its legs are visible.
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Quotes

    • [Howard eats, while Dobbs and Curtin snooze]
    • Howard: Hey you fellas, how 'bout some beans? You want some beans? Goin' through some mighty rough country tomorrow, you'd better have some beans.
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Based on 10 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (78)

Universal acclaim based on 78 Reviews
100

The movie has never really been about gold but about character, and Bogart fearlessly makes Fred C. Dobbs into a pathetic, frightened, selfish man -- so sick we would be tempted to pity him, if he were not so undeserving of pity.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
88

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is as enduring a classic as has ever come out of Hollywood, and arguably among the greatest, but the film is admittedly not without its share of rough spots.

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Metacritic review by Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Slant Magazine
100

Like The Searchers, this is so brilliant that the only real effect of the other versions is to make you want to watch the original again.

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Metacritic review by David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire
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